Nets, Terms and Formulas: Three Views of Concurrent Processes and their Relationship (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science, Series Number 23)

Olderog, E. -R.

ISBN 10: 0521400449 / ISBN 13: 9780521400442

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1991

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nets, Terms and Formulas: Three Views of Concurrent Processes and their Relationship (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science, Series Number 23)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521400449
• ISBN 13: 9780521400442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The author presents a theory whereby nets, terms and formulas represent concurrent process at three levels of abstractions: Petri nets are used to describe all details of the operational machine behavior of processes. Algebraic process terms such as Calculus of Communicating Systems (CCS) or Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) two of the main models for parallel programming, are used to describe the architecture of processes, i.e. how they can be composed from subprocesses. Logical formulas of a first-order trace logic are used to describe the safety and liveness aspects of the communication behavior of processes as required by their users. The main emphasis and technical contribution of this theory are transformations for a top-down design of concurrent processes starting with formulas and proceeding through terms to nets.

Book Description

The author presents a theory whereby nets, terms and formulas represent concurrent processes at three levels of abstraction. The use of transformations in a series of case studies and the author identifies directions for research.